Saturday, July 10, 2010

The monster I created.

The other day I was trying to organize my craft room. It used to be my dining room now it is our library/ craft room/ study room.

I needed a place to store my ribbons. I have so many spools and I thought maybe I could hang a rod on the wall and store them there. My DH (he is wonderful) made a big fuss about making holes on the wall and what rod to get and blah blah blah.

I realized it was going to be a big problem and I would have to wait a while before I got my storage solution. So... I just put my brain to work and came up with this.

I used an old bulky piece of Styrofoam I had in my closet where I store my boxes and shipping supplies. I covered it with a piece of fabric and stuck some bamboo kabob sticks in it. Then I organized my spools by type and size. To finish it up I covered it up with another piece of fabric to keep it safe from the dust.

There is a saying in Brazil that says "If you don't have a dog to hunt with, you hunt with a cat." Can you translate that into an English saying??

Now, it may not look the best but solved my storage problem. :) Hey, the day my studio looks like something out of a magazine, it will probably BE in a magazine. LOL

What is this Blog all about?

I began scrapbooking in 2003 and card making in 2007. In just these short years I have seen the amount of NEW embellishments and other things that have flooded the Scrapbooking world. 20 years ago when I made collages in my teenager diaries and journals, I remember using whatever I had. I found myself slave to the new trends and all the new released papers, latest ribbons, buttons and any other doodads that we use on our layouts. Until one day, I realized once again that this hobby is about being creative and letting my personality, thoughts, emotions, believes spill over into my creations. So I began a revolution of using what I have. In this blog I want to share with you some of the things and techniques I found out that freed me to create again like there is no tomorrow. LOL